Manual Tester

Prominent; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Prominent is recruiting a Manual Software Tester/QA Lead to support our client’s QA team in Omaha, NE. The role focuses on ensuring software quality through robust test strategies, automation, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced services environment.

Responsibilities include leading QA delivery teams, defining test plans, defect management, and coordinating with executives on risk and roadmap, while mentoring teammates in QA best practices.

Qualifications

• 4+ year leadership experience in Quality Assurance and Testing.
• Strong communication skills, able to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading QA delivery teams (onshore/offshore) and coordinating multi-portfolio programs.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, and testing in Agile and Waterfall environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA delivery team (onshore / offshore) and direct testing across streams and portfolios.
• Define and drive Test Strategy, Plans, Defect Management, and Test Automation.
• Execute planning and automation across programs with SDLC & Agile practices.
• Report testing statuses, risks, and roadmaps to Senior Leadership.
• Mentor QA team on best practices, processes, and testing techniques.

Skills

QA Lead

Leadership

Test Automation

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Tricentis Tosca

GitLab

Nexus

Harness

Postman

SoapUI

Jenkins

Splunk

Oracle 11g

TOAD

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Job description

Candidates requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future are not eligible to apply for this opportunity.

C2C or 1099 not available for this opportunity! Potential candidates will need to have the ability to work W2 on Prominents’ payroll.

Prominent is helping our client find Manual Software Tester resources for their QA Team. Preference given to candidates currently within a reasonable commute to Omaha, Nebraska or Greenwood Village, Colorado; however, remote may be a possibility. As a Software Tester you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of products and services using Agile, Waterfall, DevOps with CI/CD in a fast-paced services environment.

Tasks

• Lead QA delivery team (onshore / offshore model), including strategy & operations, while directing testing and delivery of enterprise applications across multiple streams and portfolios according to the business requirements.
• Spearhead Test Strategy, Test Plans, Defect Management, Test Automation and Execution for various transaction types.
• Execute Test Planning and Automation for multiple strategic programs against well-defined milestones and business objectives. Proven experience in all aspects of SDLC & Agile - Scrum methodologies.
• Communicate and advise Senior Executive Leadership in matters of testing inclusive of statuses, health, risk, estimates, day-to-day operations, and long-term strategic roadmap.
• Have ability to provide expert solutions and testing recommendations.
• Provide recommendations for improvements in lower environments and infrastructure, data management including upgrades, integration, and architecture to meet the critical business needs.
• Participate in and contribute to project discussions including Requirements, Design discussions and weekly meetings.
• Define and track QA SLAs and Metrics to adhere to baseline quality standards. Robust QA process inclusive of Lessons Learned, Retrospective & Implementation of Resulting process improvement opportunities.
• Maintenance / tracking of QA KPIs, Metrics pertain to Quality (Total Defects, Defect Density, Defect per hour, Defect leakage), Automation (Coverage, Velocity, Failure Rate, Utilization rate, ROI, Script Creation effectiveness) and Time to Market (Defect turnaround, Defect retest turnaround time, Fix failure rate) with Root Cause assessments, Statistics and recommendations.
• Host automation demo sessions, test scope, test plan, test cases, test results walkthrough sessions with Business, Product owners, PMO, Tech Owners, Developers and Test teams and obtain approvals.
• Ensure that Service Delivery is in compliance with Fiserv Regulations and Policies, including Application Release Methodology.
• Mentoring, guiding, assisting QA team on the QA Best Practices, Strategy, Tools, and Testing techniques.

Skills

• Experienced QA Test Lead
• Minimum of a 4-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other technical/analytical degrees.
• 4-7 years of related technical and business leadership experience with Quality Assurance and Testing discipline.
• 4-7 years of management in testing with large teams using various methodologies including Waterfall, Agile- Scrum and SDLC.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills (oral, written, and interpersonal) including the ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Strong understanding in advancement of CI/CD or DevOps Testing Models with GitLab, Nexus, Harness, Tricentis Tosca (Automation Foundation), JIRA, Postman, SoapUI
• Ability to contribute and direct at all levels of testing including unit, functional, automation, performance, and scalability testing; be able to step in and provide leadership in test design and implementation.
• Proven experience in coordinating global teams for multiple portfolios. This includes, but not limited to, Daily Stand-ups, Estimations, Coverage, Test Strategy, Planning, Test Cases review, Defect triage, Statuses, Reporting, Test Results review & walkthrough sessions and represent the Corporate QA team during U.S. hours.
• Collaboration with Business, Development, and other testing teams.
• Should be a client focused individual adept with knowledge to execute programs of varying complexities and report “valuable” metrics along with key milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues.

Preferred skills

Knowledge of QTest, TOSCA, JENKINS, SPLUNK, Oracle 11g, Jira, Confluence, TOAD, Microsoft Office, SharePoint

Anticipated pay range is $39/hr to $44/hr.